The group was ushered by Jackson police to a waiting paddy wagon; all Riders refused bail ... "Si" Dresner participated in the June 13-16 Interfaith Freedom Ride from Washington, DC to Tallahassee ...

There are 13 original members. The rides were organized by ... "But that was the extent of all we thought they might do." Person joined the Freedom Riders when he was just 18 years old.

“You have all these rulings by the federal government ... This should not have been an issue.” A group of 13 Freedom Riders – six white, seven Black, including six women – left Washington ...

She said the late John Lewis, a civil rights activist and longtime congressman from Georgia and one of the 13 original Freedom Riders, was an inspiration in her life. In recent years Ponton was a ...

Terri Sewell, D-Birmingham, issued a statement Wednesday after the U.S. General Services Administration confirmed that the historic Montgomery Bus Station, home to the Freedom Riders Museum ...